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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read about the latest sports tech news, innovations, ideas and products that impact players, fans and the sports industry at SportTechie.com.&lt;/i&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, EON Sports VR, a virtual reality sports training and fan experience company, announced its partnership with the University of Miami to bring college sports\u2019 first VR channel to Hurricanes fans.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Virtual reality has been making splashes across the sporting industry&amp;nbsp;recently. From the Home Run Derby, to the&amp;nbsp;Olympics&amp;nbsp;and even playing a role in&amp;nbsp;coaxing&amp;nbsp;former Oklahoma City Thunder forward, Kevin Durant, to join the Golden State Warriors.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The new Miami channel hopes to&amp;nbsp;give&amp;nbsp;fans&amp;nbsp;an immersive,&amp;nbsp;behind-the-scenes experience via a&amp;nbsp;completely customized VR experience that will include practices, scrimmages, huddles and interviews.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWe\u2019re thrilled to partner with the University of Miami and commend them for taking a bold step in utilizing virtual reality to improve the fan experience,\u201D Brendan Reilly, CEO and founder of EON Sports VR, said in a statement. \u201CProfessional and student-athletes have used our technology to improve their performance on the field and we are excited to bring that same mindset of fans.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Miami plans on unveiling the VR technology to fans in early October. At a price point of $29.95, the UM-branded VR headset is an affordable option to watch the coverage of men\u2019s and women\u2019s sports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Get the latest sports tech news in your inbox&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWe\u2019re incredibly excited to be working with EON Sports to put this virtual reality channel together. At the University of Miami, we strive to be on the cutting edge of digital, video, social, and web technologies and EON and their team have helped immensely in that endeavor,\u201D Jason Layton, Miami senior associate athletic director for communications and sales, said in a statement. \u201CAfter an investment in broadcast and video production, we wanted to expand into other ventures, including 360-degree video and we\u2019re able to do that with this immersive product. As we look forward to an October launch, we\u2019re excited to show off what our team has been working on in conjunction with EON Sports.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obviously the most appealing part&amp;nbsp;about VR for the average user&amp;nbsp;is the ability to feel like you are \u201Cin the action.\u201D&amp;nbsp;Multiple professional greats in the sporting world have come out of Miami. With VR, the experience of being a student or fan and witnessing your collegiate team from a closer and more realistic perspective is incredibly appealing.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As virtual reality continues to expand in the sports industry, the Miami will now be an interesting story for other teams to monitor.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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